Name Report For First Name RAD:

RAD

First name RAD's origin is Other. RAD means "red". You can find other first names and English words that rhymes with RAD below. Ryhme list involves the matching sounds according to the first letters, last letters and first&last letters of rad.(Brown names are of the same origin (Other) with RAD and Red names are first names with English/Anglo-Saxon origin)

Rhymes with RAD - Names & Words

First Names Rhyming RAD

FIRST NAMES WHICH INCLUDES RAD AS A WHOLE:

radhiya radeyah radwa bradamate mairearad sharada shraddha radi brademagus cradawg braden brady radbert radcliffe gradasso konrad corrado radu angharad bradana conradine landrada sharaden bhradain brad bradaigh bradan bradbourne bradd braddock bradene bradey bradig bradleah bradlee bradley bradly bradshaw bradyn caradawc conrad conradin conrado deoradhain evarado garaden garadin garadun garadyn garrad graden gradon grady horado jarrad jerad jerrad kiarad radbourne radburt radbyrne radcliff radclyf radeliffe radite radmund radolph zarad corradeo bradach radolf radnor radley radford radbou radburn bradburn caradoc conradina radella bertrade radhwa viradecthis kuonrada meinrad bradford bradwell carrado elrad braddon bradon

NAMES RHYMING WITH RAD (According to last letters):

Rhyming Names According to Last 2 Letters (ad) - Names That Ends with ad:

shahrazad widad mildread asad boulad raad sayad abdul-samad ahmad amjad awad ayyad fouad hadad imad jawad jihad maudad mu'ayyad mus'ad rashad saad ziyad artaxiad cathbad ferdiad arpad glad brimlad mairead natividad sinead soledad verdad amad ashaad bhraghad birkhead chad clustfeinad gad hammad koenraad lad mohamad mohammad muhammad muhunnad niichaad rashaad read shad tad vlad mead halstead ead riyad fahad scead mairghread mad su'ad souad aswad haddad galahad arvad

NAMES RHYMING WITH RAD (According to first letters):

Rhyming Names According to First 2 Letters (ra) - Names That Begins with ra:

ra'idah raanan raananah rabab rabah rabbani rabhartach rabi rabiah rabican rachael rachel rachele rachelle rachid rae raed raedan raedanoran raedbora raedburne raedc raedclyf raedeman raedford raedleah raedmund raedpath raedself raedwald raedwolf raegan raelynn raena rafa rafael rafal rafas rafe rafela raff rafferty rafi rafik rafiki rafiq raghallach raghd ragheb raghib raghnall ragnall ragnar ragnorak rahi rahil rahimah rahimat rahimateh rahman rahni rahul rai raibeart raicheal raid raidon raidyn raighne raimond raimunda raimundo raina rainaa rainan rainart rainer rainger rainhard rainier rainor rais raison raissa raj raja rajab rajah rajan rakanja rakel rakin rakkas rald raleah raleich raleigh raley ralf rally

NAMES BOTH FIRST AND LAST LETTERS RHYMING WITH RAD:

First Names which starts with 'r' and ends with 'd':

ramond ranald rand ranfield rangford ransford raonaid raonaild rasheed rashid ravid rayford raymond raymund raynard raynord redd redford redmond redmund redwald reed reeford regenweald reginald reginhard reid reinhard renard renfield renfred renfrid renweard reod rexford rexlord reymond reynald reynard reynold rheged ricard richard richmond rickard rickward ricweard rikard rikkard rikward riobard riocard risteard roald rockford rockland rod rodd roibeard roland rolland romhild ronald rosalind rosamund rosswald roswald rowland rozamond rozomund rudd rudyard rufford ruford ruhdugeard rumford rushford rutherford rygeland ryland ryscford ryszard

English Words Rhyming RAD

ENGLISH WORDS WHICH INCLUDES RAD AS A WHOLE:

abradantnoun (n.) A material used for grinding, as emery, sand, powdered glass, etc.

abradingnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Abrade

adradadjective (p. a.) Put in dread; afraid.

aggradingnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Aggrade

balustradenoun (n.) A row of balusters topped by a rail, serving as an open parapet, as along the edge of a balcony, terrace, bridge, staircase, or the eaves of a building.

biradiateadjective (a.) Alt. of Biradiated

biradiatedadjective (a.) Having two rays; as, a biradiate fin.

bradnoun (n.) A thin nail, usually small, with a slight projection at the top on one side instead of a head; also, a small wire nail, with a flat circular head; sometimes, a small, tapering, square-bodied finishing nail, with a countersunk head.

bradoonnoun (n.) Same as Bridoon.

baradnoun (n.) The pressure of one dyne per square centimeter; -- used as a unit of pressure.

cameradenoun (n.) See Comrade.

centigradeadjective (a.) Consisting of a hundred degrees; graduated into a hundred divisions or equal parts.
 adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to the centigrade thermometer; as, 10¡ centigrade (or 10¡ C.).

charadenoun (n.) A verbal or acted enigma based upon a word which has two or more significant syllables or parts, each of which, as well as the word itself, is to be guessed from the descriptions or representations.

ciliogradeadjective (a.) Moving by means of cilia, or cilialike organs; as, the ciliograde Medusae.

cirrigradeadjective (a.) Moving or moved by cirri, or hairlike appendages.

citigradaenoun (n. pl.) A suborder of Arachnoidea, including the European tarantula and the wolf spiders (Lycosidae) and their allies, which capture their prey by rapidly running and jumping. See Wolf spider.

citigradenoun (n.) One of the Citigradae.
 adjective (a.) Pertaining to the Citigradae.

coloradoitenoun (n.) Mercury telluride, an iron-black metallic mineral, found in Colorado.

compradornoun (n.) A kind of steward or agent.

comradenoun (n.) A mate, companion, or associate.

comraderynoun (n.) The spirit of comradeship; comradeship.

comradeshipnoun (n.) The state of being a comrade; intimate fellowship.

contradancenoun (n.) A dance in which the partners are arranged face to face, or in opposite lines.

contradictingnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Contradict

contradictableadjective (a.) Capable of being contradicting.

contradicternoun (n.) one who contradicts.

contradictionnoun (n.) An assertion of the contrary to what has been said or affirmed; denial of the truth of a statement or assertion; contrary declaration; gainsaying.
 noun (n.) Direct opposition or repugnancy; inconsistency; incongruity or contrariety; one who, or that which, is inconsistent.

contradictionaladjective (a.) Contradictory; inconsistent; opposing.

contradictionsadjective (a.) Filled with contradictions; inconsistent.
 adjective (a.) Inclined to contradict or cavil

contradictiveadjective (a.) Contradictory; inconsistent.

contradictornoun (n.) A contradicter.

contradictorinessnoun (n.) The quality of being contradictory; opposition; inconsistency.

contradictorynoun (n.) A proposition or thing which denies or opposes another; contrariety.
 noun (n.) propositions with the same terms, but opposed to each other both in quality and quantity.
 adjective (a.) Affirming the contrary; implying a denial of what has been asserted; also, mutually contradicting; inconsistent.
 adjective (a.) Opposing or opposed; repugnant.

contradistinctadjective (a.) Distinguished by opposite qualities.

contradistinctionnoun (n.) Distinction by contrast.

contradistinctiveadjective (a.) having the quality of contradistinction; distinguishing by contrast.

contradistinguishingnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Contradistinguish

corradialadjective (a.) Radiating to or from the same point.

corradiationnoun (n.) A conjunction or concentration of rays in one point.

cradlenoun (n.) A bed or cot for a baby, oscillating on rockers or swinging on pivots; hence, the place of origin, or in which anything is nurtured or protected in the earlier period of existence; as, a cradle of crime; the cradle of liberty.
 noun (n.) Infancy, or very early life.
 noun (n.) An implement consisting of a broad scythe for cutting grain, with a set of long fingers parallel to the scythe, designed to receive the grain, and to lay it evenly in a swath.
 noun (n.) A tool used in mezzotint engraving, which, by a rocking motion, raises burrs on the surface of the plate, so preparing the ground.
 noun (n.) A framework of timbers, or iron bars, moving upon ways or rollers, used to support, lift, or carry ships or other vessels, heavy guns, etc., as up an inclined plane, or across a strip of land, or in launching a ship.
 noun (n.) A case for a broken or dislocated limb.
 noun (n.) A frame to keep the bedclothes from contact with the person.
 noun (n.) A machine on rockers, used in washing out auriferous earth; -- also called a rocker.
 noun (n.) A suspended scaffold used in shafts.
 noun (n.) The ribbing for vaulted ceilings and arches intended to be covered with plaster.
 noun (n.) The basket or apparatus in which, when a line has been made fast to a wrecked ship from the shore, the people are brought off from the wreck.
 verb (v. t.) To lay to rest, or rock, as in a cradle; to lull or quiet, as by rocking.
 verb (v. t.) To nurse or train in infancy.
 verb (v. t.) To cut and lay with a cradle, as grain.
 verb (v. t.) To transport a vessel by means of a cradle.
 verb (v. i.) To lie or lodge, as in a cradle.

cradlingnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Cradle
 noun (n.) The act of using a cradle.
 noun (n.) Cutting a cask into two pieces lengthwise, to enable it to pass a narrow place, the two parts being afterward united and rehooped.
 noun (n.) The framework in arched or coved ceilings to which the laths are nailed.

cradgednessnoun (n.) The quality or state of being cragged; cragginess.

camaraderienoun (n.) Comradeship and loyalty.

coloradoadjective (a.) Reddish; -- often used in proper names of rivers or creeks.
 adjective (a.) Medium in color and strength; -- said of cigars.

cradlelandnoun (n.) Land or region where one was cradled; hence, land of origin.

degradationnoun (n.) The act of reducing in rank, character, or reputation, or of abasing; a lowering from one's standing or rank in office or society; diminution; as, the degradation of a peer, a knight, a general, or a bishop.
 noun (n.) The state of being reduced in rank, character, or reputation; baseness; moral, physical, or intellectual degeneracy; disgrace; abasement; debasement.
 noun (n.) Diminution or reduction of strength, efficacy, or value; degeneration; deterioration.
 noun (n.) A gradual wearing down or wasting, as of rocks and banks, by the action of water, frost etc.
 noun (n.) The state or condition of a species or group which exhibits degraded forms; degeneration.
 noun (n.) Arrest of development, or degeneration of any organ, or of the body as a whole.

degradingnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Degrade

degradedadjective (a.) Reduced in rank, character, or reputation; debased; sunken; low; base.
 adjective (a.) Having the typical characters or organs in a partially developed condition, or lacking certain parts.
 adjective (a.) Having steps; -- said of a cross each of whose extremities finishes in steps growing larger as they leave the center; -- termed also on degrees.
  (imp. & p. p.) of Degrade

degradementnoun (n.) Deprivation of rank or office; degradation.

ENGLISH WORDS RHYMING WITH RAD (According to last letters):


Rhyming Words According to Last 2 Letters (ad) - English Words That Ends with ad:


aoudadnoun (n.) An African sheeplike quadruped (the Ammotragus tragelaphus) having a long mane on the breast and fore legs. It is, perhaps, the chamois of the Old Testament.

arrowheadnoun (n.) The head of an arrow.
 noun (n.) An aquatic plant of the genus Sagittaria, esp. S. sagittifolia, -- named from the shape of the leaves.

artiadadjective (a.) Even; not odd; -- said of elementary substances and of radicals the valence of which is divisible by two without a remainder.

asclepiadnoun (n.) A choriambic verse, first used by the Greek poet Asclepias, consisting of four feet, viz., a spondee, two choriambi, and an iambus.

baldheadnoun (n.) A person whose head is bald.
 noun (n.) A white-headed variety of pigeon.

balladnoun (n.) A popular kind of narrative poem, adapted for recitation or singing; as, the ballad of Chevy Chase; esp., a sentimental or romantic poem in short stanzas.
 verb (v. i.) To make or sing ballads.
 verb (v. t.) To make mention of in ballads.

bayadnoun (n.) Alt. of Bayatte

beadnoun (n.) A prayer.
 noun (n.) A little perforated ball, to be strung on a thread, and worn for ornament; or used in a rosary for counting prayers, as by Roman Catholics and Mohammedans, whence the phrases to tell beads, to at one's beads, to bid beads, etc., meaning, to be at prayer.
 noun (n.) Any small globular body
 noun (n.) A bubble in spirits.
 noun (n.) A drop of sweat or other liquid.
 noun (n.) A small knob of metal on a firearm, used for taking aim (whence the expression to draw a bead, for, to take aim).
 noun (n.) A small molding of rounded surface, the section being usually an arc of a circle. It may be continuous, or broken into short embossments.
 noun (n.) A glassy drop of molten flux, as borax or microcosmic salt, used as a solvent and color test for several mineral earths and oxides, as of iron, manganese, etc., before the blowpipe; as, the borax bead; the iron bead, etc.
 verb (v. t.) To ornament with beads or beading.
 verb (v. i.) To form beadlike bubbles.

beakheadnoun (n.) An ornament used in rich Norman doorways, resembling a head with a beak.
 noun (n.) A small platform at the fore part of the upper deck of a vessel, which contains the water closets of the crew.
 noun (n.) Same as Beak, 3.

beastliheadnoun (n.) Beastliness.

bedspreadnoun (n.) A bedquilt; a counterpane; a coverlet.

bedsteadnoun (n.) A framework for supporting a bed.

beebreadnoun (n.) A brown, bitter substance found in some of the cells of honeycomb. It is made chiefly from the pollen of flowers, which is collected by bees as food for their young.

beetleheadnoun (n.) A stupid fellow; a blockhead.
 noun (n.) The black-bellied plover, or bullhead (Squatarola helvetica). See Plover.

billetheadnoun (n.) A round piece of timber at the bow or stern of a whaleboat, around which the harpoon lone is run out when the whale darts off.

billheadnoun (n.) A printed form, used by merchants in making out bills or rendering accounts.

blackheadnoun (n.) The scaup duck.

blockheadnoun (n.) A stupid fellow; a dolt; a person deficient in understanding.

blunderheadnoun (n.) A stupid, blundering fellow.

boltheadnoun (n.) A long, straight-necked, glass vessel for chemical distillations; -- called also a matrass or receiver.
 noun (n.) The head of a bolt.

boroughheadnoun (n.) See Headborough.

bottleheadnoun (n.) A cetacean allied to the grampus; -- called also bottle-nosed whale.

bountiheadnoun (n.) Alt. of Bountyhood

bowheadnoun (n.) The great Arctic or Greenland whale. (Balaena mysticetus). See Baleen, and Whale.

breadnoun (n.) An article of food made from flour or meal by moistening, kneading, and baking.
 noun (n.) Food; sustenance; support of life, in general.
 adjective (a.) To spread.
 verb (v. t.) To cover with bread crumbs, preparatory to cooking; as, breaded cutlets.

bridgeheadnoun (n.) A fortification commanding the extremity of a bridge nearest the enemy, to insure the preservation and usefulness of the bridge, and prevent the enemy from crossing; a tete-de-pont.

broadnoun (n.) The broad part of anything; as, the broad of an oar.
 noun (n.) The spread of a river into a sheet of water; a flooded fen.
 noun (n.) A lathe tool for turning down the insides and bottoms of cylinders.
 superlative (superl.) Wide; extend in breadth, or from side to side; -- opposed to narrow; as, a broad street, a broad table; an inch broad.
 superlative (superl.) Extending far and wide; extensive; vast; as, the broad expanse of ocean.
 superlative (superl.) Extended, in the sense of diffused; open; clear; full.
 superlative (superl.) Fig.: Having a large measure of any thing or quality; not limited; not restrained; -- applied to any subject, and retaining the literal idea more or less clearly, the precise meaning depending largely on the substantive.
 superlative (superl.) Comprehensive; liberal; enlarged.
 superlative (superl.) Plain; evident; as, a broad hint.
 superlative (superl.) Free; unrestrained; unconfined.
 superlative (superl.) Characterized by breadth. See Breadth.
 superlative (superl.) Cross; coarse; indelicate; as, a broad compliment; a broad joke; broad humor.
 superlative (superl.) Strongly marked; as, a broad Scotch accent.

broadspreadadjective (a.) Widespread.

bufferheadnoun (n.) The head of a buffer, which recieves the concussion, in railroad carriages.

buffleheadnoun (n.) One who has a large head; a heavy, stupid fellow.
 noun (n.) The buffel duck. See Buffel duck.

bulkheadnoun (n.) A partition in a vessel, to separate apartments on the same deck.
 noun (n.) A structure of wood or stone, to resist the pressure of earth or water; a partition wall or structure, as in a mine; the limiting wall along a water front.

bullheadnoun (n.) A fresh-water fish of many species, of the genus Uranidea, esp. U. gobio of Europe, and U. Richardsoni of the United States; -- called also miller's thumb.
 noun (n.) In America, several species of Amiurus; -- called also catfish, horned pout, and bullpout.
 noun (n.) A marine fish of the genus Cottus; the sculpin.
 noun (n.) The black-bellied plover (Squatarola helvetica); -- called also beetlehead.
 noun (n.) The golden plover.
 noun (n.) A stupid fellow; a lubber.
 noun (n.) A small black water insect.

byroadnoun (n.) A private or obscure road.

cadnoun (n.) A person who stands at the door of an omnibus to open and shut it, and to receive fares; an idle hanger-on about innyards.
 noun (n.) A lowbred, presuming person; a mean, vulgar fellow.

catheadnoun (n.) A projecting piece of timber or iron near the bow of vessel, to which the anchor is hoisted and secured.

centrolineadnoun (n.) An instrument for drawing lines through a point, or lines converging to a center.

chadnoun (n.) See Shad.

chiliadnoun (n.) A thousand; the aggregate of a thousand things; especially, a period of a thousand years.

chuckleheadnoun (n.) A person with a large head; a numskull; a dunce.

clapbreadnoun (n.) Alt. of Clapcake

cockheadnoun (n.) The rounded or pointed top of a grinding mill spindle, forming a pivot on which the stone is balanced.

cocksheadnoun (n.) A leguminous herb (Onobrychis Caput-galli), having small spiny-crested pods.

columbiadnoun (n.) A form of seacoast cannon; a long, chambered gun designed for throwing shot or shells with heavy charges of powder, at high angles of elevation.

copperheadnoun (n.) A poisonous American serpent (Ancistrodon conotortrix), closely allied to the rattlesnake, but without rattles; -- called also copper-belly, and red viper.
 noun (n.) A nickname applied to a person in the Northern States who sympathized with the South during the Civil War.

crossheadnoun (n.) A beam or bar across the head or end of a rod, etc., or a block attached to it and carrying a knuckle pin; as the solid crosspiece running between parallel slides, which receives motion from the piston of a steam engine and imparts it to the connecting rod, which is hinged to the crosshead.

crossroadnoun (n.) A road that crosses another; an obscure road intersecting or avoiding the main road.

curvilineadnoun (n.) An instrument for drawing curved lines.

cycadnoun (n.) Any plant of the natural order Cycadaceae, as the sago palm, etc.

dadnoun (n.) Father; -- a word sometimes used by children.

deadnoun (n.) The most quiet or deathlike time; the period of profoundest repose, inertness, or gloom; as, the dead of winter.
 noun (n.) One who is dead; -- commonly used collectively.
 adjective (a.) Deprived of life; -- opposed to alive and living; reduced to that state of a being in which the organs of motion and life have irrevocably ceased to perform their functions; as, a dead tree; a dead man.
 adjective (a.) Destitute of life; inanimate; as, dead matter.
 adjective (a.) Resembling death in appearance or quality; without show of life; deathlike; as, a dead sleep.
 adjective (a.) Still as death; motionless; inactive; useless; as, dead calm; a dead load or weight.
 adjective (a.) So constructed as not to transmit sound; soundless; as, a dead floor.
 adjective (a.) Unproductive; bringing no gain; unprofitable; as, dead capital; dead stock in trade.
 adjective (a.) Lacking spirit; dull; lusterless; cheerless; as, dead eye; dead fire; dead color, etc.
 adjective (a.) Monotonous or unvaried; as, a dead level or pain; a dead wall.
 adjective (a.) Sure as death; unerring; fixed; complete; as, a dead shot; a dead certainty.
 adjective (a.) Bringing death; deadly.
 adjective (a.) Wanting in religious spirit and vitality; as, dead faith; dead works.
 adjective (a.) Flat; without gloss; -- said of painting which has been applied purposely to have this effect.
 adjective (a.) Not brilliant; not rich; thus, brown is a dead color, as compared with crimson.
 adjective (a.) Cut off from the rights of a citizen; deprived of the power of enjoying the rights of property; as, one banished or becoming a monk is civilly dead.
 adjective (a.) Not imparting motion or power; as, the dead spindle of a lathe, etc. See Spindle.
 adjective (a.) Carrying no current, or producing no useful effect; -- said of a conductor in a dynamo or motor, also of a telegraph wire which has no instrument attached and, therefore, is not in use.
 adjective (a.) Out of play; regarded as out of the game; -- said of a ball, a piece, or a player under certain conditions in cricket, baseball, checkers, and some other games.
 adverb (adv.) To a degree resembling death; to the last degree; completely; wholly.
 verb (v. t.) To make dead; to deaden; to deprive of life, force, or vigor.
 verb (v. i.) To die; to lose life or force.

ENGLISH WORDS RHYMING WITH RAD (According to first letters):


Rhyming Words According to First 2 Letters (ra) - Words That Begins with ra:


raashnoun (n.) The electric catfish.

rabnoun (n.) A rod or stick used by masons in mixing hair with mortar.

rabatnoun (n.) A polishing material made of potter's clay that has failed in baking.
 noun (n.) A clerical linen collar.
 noun (n.) A kind of clerical scarf fitted to a collar; as, a black silk rabat.

rabatinenoun (n.) A collar or cape.

rabatonoun (n.) A kind of ruff for the neck; a turned-down collar; a rebato.

rabbatenoun (n.) Abatement.
 verb (v. t.) To abate or diminish.

rabbetingnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Rabbet

rabbetnoun (n.) A longitudinal channel, groove, or recess cut out of the edge or face of any body; especially, one intended to receive another member, so as to break or cover the joint, or more easily to hold the members in place; thus, the groove cut for a panel, for a pane of glass, or for a door, is a rabbet, or rebate.
 noun (n.) Same as Rabbet joint, below.
 verb (v. t.) To cut a rabbet in; to furnish with a rabbet.
 verb (v. t.) To unite the edges of, as boards, etc., in a rabbet joint.

rabbinoun (n.) Master; lord; teacher; -- a Jewish title of respect or honor for a teacher or doctor of the law.

rabbinnoun (n.) Same as Rabbi.

rabbinicnoun (n.) The language or dialect of the rabbins; the later Hebrew.
 adjective (a.) Alt. of Rabbinical

rabbinicaladjective (a.) Of or pertaining to the rabbins or rabbis, or pertaining to the opinions, learning, or language of the rabbins.

rabbinismnoun (n.) A rabbinic expression or phraseology; a peculiarity of the language of the rabbins.
 noun (n.) The teachings and traditions of the rabbins.

rabbinistnoun (n.) One among the Jews who adhered to the Talmud and the traditions of the rabbins, in opposition to the Karaites, who rejected the traditions.

rabbinitenoun (n.) Same as Rabbinist.

rabbitnoun (n.) Any of the smaller species of the genus Lepus, especially the common European species (Lepus cuniculus), which is often kept as a pet, and has been introduced into many countries. It is remarkably prolific, and has become a pest in some parts of Australia and New Zealand.

rabbitingnoun (n.) The hunting of rabbits.

rabbitrynoun (n.) A place where rabbits are kept; especially, a collection of hutches for tame rabbits.

rabblenoun (n.) An iron bar, with the end bent, used in stirring or skimming molten iron in the process of puddling.
 adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to a rabble; like, or suited to, a rabble; disorderly; vulgar.
 verb (v. t.) To stir or skim with a rabble, as molten iron.
 verb (v. i.) To speak in a confused manner.
 verb (v. i.) A tumultuous crowd of vulgar, noisy people; a mob; a confused, disorderly throng.
 verb (v. i.) A confused, incoherent discourse; a medley of voices; a chatter.
 verb (v. t.) To insult, or assault, by a mob; to mob; as, to rabble a curate.
 verb (v. t.) To utter glibly and incoherently; to mouth without intelligence.
 verb (v. t.) To rumple; to crumple.

rabblingnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Rabble

rabblementnoun (n.) A tumultuous crowd of low people; a rabble.

rabblernoun (n.) A scraping tool for smoothing metal.

rabdoidaladjective (a.) See Sagittal.

rabdologynoun (n.) The method or art of performing arithmetical operations by means of Napier's bones. See Napier's bones.

rabdomancynoun (n.) Divination by means of rods or wands.

rabidnoun (n.) Furious; raging; extremely violent.
 noun (n.) Extreme, unreasonable, or fanatical in opinion; excessively zealous; as, a rabid socialist.
 noun (n.) Affected with the distemper called rabies; mad; as, a rabid dog or fox.
 noun (n.) Of or pertaining to rabies, or hydrophobia; as, rabid virus.

rabiditynoun (n.) Rabidness; furiousness.

rabidnessnoun (n.) The quality or state of being rabid.

rabiesnoun (n.) Same as Hydrophobia (b); canine madness.

rabinetnoun (n.) A kind of small ordnance formerly in use.

rabiousadjective (a.) Fierce.

rabotnoun (n.) A rubber of hard wood used in smoothing marble to be polished.

racaadjective (a.) A term of reproach used by the Jews of our Savior's time, meaning "worthless."

racahoutnoun (n.) A preparation from acorns used by the Arabs as a substitute for chocolate, and also as a beverage for invalids.

raccoonnoun (n.) A North American nocturnal carnivore (Procyon lotor) allied to the bears, but much smaller, and having a long, full tail, banded with black and gray. Its body is gray, varied with black and white. Called also coon, and mapach.

racenoun (n.) A root.
 noun (n.) The descendants of a common ancestor; a family, tribe, people, or nation, believed or presumed to belong to the same stock; a lineage; a breed.
 noun (n.) Company; herd; breed.
 noun (n.) A variety of such fixed character that it may be propagated by seed.
 noun (n.) Peculiar flavor, taste, or strength, as of wine; that quality, or assemblage of qualities, which indicates origin or kind, as in wine; hence, characteristic flavor; smack.
 noun (n.) Hence, characteristic quality or disposition.
 noun (n.) A progress; a course; a movement or progression.
 noun (n.) Esp., swift progress; rapid course; a running.
 noun (n.) Hence: The act or process of running in competition; a contest of speed in any way, as in running, riding, driving, skating, rowing, sailing; in the plural, usually, a meeting for contests in the running of horses; as, he attended the races.
 noun (n.) Competitive action of any kind, especially when prolonged; hence, career; course of life.
 noun (n.) A strong or rapid current of water, or the channel or passage for such a current; a powerful current or heavy sea, sometimes produced by the meeting of two tides; as, the Portland Race; the Race of Alderney.
 noun (n.) The current of water that turns a water wheel, or the channel in which it flows; a mill race.
 noun (n.) A channel or guide along which a shuttle is driven back and forth, as in a loom, sewing machine, etc.
 verb (v. t.) To raze.
 verb (v. i.) To run swiftly; to contend in a race; as, the animals raced over the ground; the ships raced from port to port.
 verb (v. i.) To run too fast at times, as a marine engine or screw, when the screw is lifted out of water by the action of a heavy sea.
 verb (v. t.) To cause to contend in a race; to drive at high speed; as, to race horses.
 verb (v. t.) To run a race with.
  () A game, match, etc., open only to losers in early stages of contests.

racingnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Race
  () a. & n. from Race, v. t. & i.

racematenoun (n.) A salt of racemic acid.

racemationnoun (n.) A cluster or bunch, as of grapes.
 noun (n.) Cultivation or gathering of clusters of grapes.

racemenoun (n.) A flower cluster with an elongated axis and many one-flowered lateral pedicels, as in the currant and chokecherry.

racemedadjective (a.) Arranged in a raceme, or in racemes.

racemicadjective (a.) Pertaining to, or designating, an acid found in many kinds of grapes. It is also obtained from tartaric acid, with which it is isomeric, and from sugar, gum, etc., by oxidation. It is a sour white crystalline substance, consisting of a combination of dextrorotatory and levorotatory tartaric acids.

racemiferousadjective (a.) Bearing racemes, as the currant.

racemiformadjective (a.) Having the form of a raceme.

racemoseadjective (a.) Resembling a raceme; growing in the form of a raceme; as, (Bot.) racemose berries or flowers; (Anat.) the racemose glands, in which the ducts are branched and clustered like a raceme.

racemousadjective (a.) See Racemose.

racemulenoun (n.) A little raceme.

racemuloseadjective (a.) Growing in very small racemes.

racernoun (n.) One who, or that which, races, or contends in a race; esp., a race horse.
 noun (n.) The common American black snake.
 noun (n.) One of the circular iron or steel rails on which the chassis of a heavy gun is turned.

rachnoun (n.) Alt. of Rache

ENGLISH WORDS BOTH FIRST AND LAST LETTERS RHYMING WITH RAD:

English Words which starts with 'r' and ends with 'd':

radiatedadjective (a.) Emitted, or sent forth, in rays or direct lines; as, radiated heat.
 adjective (a.) Formed of, or arranged like, rays or radii; having parts or markings diverging, like radii, from a common center or axis; as, a radiated structure; a radiated group of crystals.
 adjective (a.) Belonging to the Radiata.
  (imp. & p. p.) of Radiate

radicatedadjective (a.) Rooted
 adjective (a.) Having roots, or possessing a well-developed root.
 adjective (a.) Having rootlike organs for attachment.
  (imp. & p. p.) of Radicate

raggednoun (n.) Rent or worn into tatters, or till the texture is broken; as, a ragged coat; a ragged sail.
 noun (n.) Broken with rough edges; having jags; uneven; rough; jagged; as, ragged rocks.
 noun (n.) Hence, harsh and disagreeable to the ear; dissonant.
 noun (n.) Wearing tattered clothes; as, a ragged fellow.
 noun (n.) Rough; shaggy; rugged.
  (imp. & p. p.) of Rag

raguledadjective (a.) Alt. of Ragguled

ragguledadjective (a.) Notched in regular diagonal breaks; -- said of a line, or a bearing having such an edge.

ragweednoun (n.) A common American composite weed (Ambrosia artemisiaefolia) with finely divided leaves; hogweed.

raidnoun (n.) A hostile or predatory incursion; an inroad or incursion of mounted men; a sudden and rapid invasion by a cavalry force; a foray.
 noun (n.) An attack or invasion for the purpose of making arrests, seizing property, or plundering; as, a raid of the police upon a gambling house; a raid of contractors on the public treasury.
 verb (v. t.) To make a raid upon or into; as, two regiments raided the border counties.

railroadnoun (n.) Alt. of Railway
 verb (v. t.) To carry or send by railroad; usually fig., to send or put through at high speed or in great haste; to hurry or rush unduly; as, to railroad a bill through Condress.

rainbowedadjective (a.) Formed with or like a rainbow.

raisedadjective (a.) Lifted up; showing above the surroundings; as, raised or embossed metal work.
 adjective (a.) Leavened; made with leaven, or yeast; -- used of bread, cake, etc., as distinguished from that made with cream of tartar, soda, etc. See Raise, v. t., 4.
  (imp. & p. p.) of Raise

ramedadjective (a.) Having the frames, stem, and sternpost adjusted; -- said of a ship on the stocks.

ramrodnoun (n.) The rod used in ramming home the charge in a muzzle-loading firearm.

ramstednoun (n.) A yellow-flowered weed; -- so named from a Mr. Ramsted who introduced it into Pennsylvania. See Toad flax. Called also Ramsted weed.

rancidadjective (a.) Having a rank smell or taste, from chemical change or decomposition; musty; as, rancid oil or butter.

randnoun (n.) A border; edge; margin.
 noun (n.) A long, fleshy piece, as of beef, cut from the flank or leg; a sort of steak.
 noun (n.) A thin inner sole for a shoe; also, a leveling slip of leather applied to the sole before attaching the heel.
 noun (n.) Rim; egde; border.
 verb (v. i.) To rant; to storm.

rapidadjective (a.) Very swift or quick; moving with celerity; fast; as, a rapid stream; a rapid flight; a rapid motion.
 adjective (a.) Advancing with haste or speed; speedy in progression; in quick sequence; as, rapid growth; rapid improvement; rapid recurrence; rapid succession.
 adjective (a.) Quick in execution; as, a rapid penman.
 adjective (a.) The part of a river where the current moves with great swiftness, but without actual waterfall or cascade; -- usually in the plural; as, the Lachine rapids in the St. Lawrence.

rapieredadjective (a.) Wearing a rapier.

ratsbanedadjective (a.) Poisoned by ratsbane.

rattleheadnoun (n.) An empty, noisy talker.

rattleweednoun (n.) Any plant of the genus Astragalus. See Milk vetch.

raucidadjective (a.) Hoarse; raucous.

rawbonedadjective (a.) Having little flesh on the bones; gaunt.

rawheadnoun (n.) A specter mentioned to frighten children; as, rawhead and bloodybones.

razedadjective (a.) Slashed or striped in patterns.
  (imp. & p. p.) of Raze

readnoun (n.) Rennet. See 3d Reed.
 adjective (a.) Instructed or knowing by reading; versed in books; learned.
 verb (v. t.) To advise; to counsel.
 verb (v. t.) To interpret; to explain; as, to read a riddle.
 verb (v. t.) To tell; to declare; to recite.
 verb (v. t.) To go over, as characters or words, and utter aloud, or recite to one's self inaudibly; to take in the sense of, as of language, by interpreting the characters with which it is expressed; to peruse; as, to read a discourse; to read the letters of an alphabet; to read figures; to read the notes of music, or to read music; to read a book.
 verb (v. t.) Hence, to know fully; to comprehend.
 verb (v. t.) To discover or understand by characters, marks, features, etc.; to learn by observation.
 verb (v. t.) To make a special study of, as by perusing textbooks; as, to read theology or law.
 verb (v. i.) To give advice or counsel.
 verb (v. i.) To tell; to declare.
 verb (v. i.) To perform the act of reading; to peruse, or to go over and utter aloud, the words of a book or other like document.
 verb (v. i.) To study by reading; as, he read for the bar.
 verb (v. i.) To learn by reading.
 verb (v. i.) To appear in writing or print; to be expressed by, or consist of, certain words or characters; as, the passage reads thus in the early manuscripts.
 verb (v. i.) To produce a certain effect when read; as, that sentence reads queerly.
 verb (v. t.) Saying; sentence; maxim; hence, word; advice; counsel. See Rede.
 verb (v.) Reading.
  (imp. & p. p.) of Read
  () imp. & p. p. of Read, v. t. & i.

rearwardnoun (n.) The last troop; the rear of an army; a rear guard. Also used figuratively.
 adverb (a. & adv.) At or toward the rear.

reboundnoun (n.) The act of rebounding; resilience.
 verb (v. i.) To spring back; to start back; to be sent back or reverberated by elastic force on collision with another body; as, a rebounding echo.
 verb (v. i.) To give back an echo.
 verb (v. i.) To bound again or repeatedly, as a horse.
 verb (v. t.) To send back; to reverberate.

recessedadjective (a.) Having a recess or recesses; as, a recessed arch or wall.
 adjective (a.) Withdrawn; secluded.
  (imp. & p. p.) of Recess

reclinedadjective (a.) Falling or turned downward; reclinate.
  (imp. & p. p.) of Recline

rectangledadjective (a.) Rectangular.

rectinervedadjective (a.) Having the veins or nerves straight; -- said of leaves.

recurvedadjective (a.) Curved in an opposite or uncommon direction; bent back; as, a bird with a recurved bill; flowers with recurved petals.

rednoun (n.) The color of blood, or of that part of the spectrum farthest from violet, or a tint resembling these.
 noun (n.) A red pigment.
 noun (n.) An abbreviation for Red Republican. See under Red, a.
 adjective (a.) The menses.
 superlative (superl.) Of the color of blood, or of a tint resembling that color; of the hue of that part of the rainbow, or of the solar spectrum, which is furthest from the violet part.
 verb (v. t.) To put on order; to make tidy; also, to free from entanglement or embarrassement; -- generally with up; as, to red up a house.
  () . imp. & p. p. of Read.

redbirdnoun (n.) The cardinal bird.
 noun (n.) The summer redbird (Piranga rubra).
 noun (n.) The scarlet tanager. See Tanager.

redbudnoun (n.) A small ornamental leguminous tree of the American species of the genus Cercis. See Judas tree, under Judas.

redemandnoun (n.) A demanding back; a second or renewed demand.
 verb (v. t.) To demand back; to demand again.

redentedadjective (a.) Formed like the teeth of a saw; indented.

redheadnoun (n.) A person having red hair.
 noun (n.) An American duck (Aythya Americana) highly esteemed as a game bird. It is closely allied to the canvasback, but is smaller and its head brighter red. Called also red-headed duck. American poachard, grayback, and fall duck. See Illust. under Poachard.
 noun (n.) The red-headed woodpecker. See Woodpecker.
 noun (n.) A kind of milkweed (Asclepias Curassavica) with red flowers. It is used in medicine.

redoubtedadjective (a.) Formidable; dread.

redoundnoun (n.) The coming back, as of consequence or effect; result; return; requital.
 noun (n.) Rebound; reverberation.
 verb (v. i.) To roll back, as a wave or flood; to be sent or driven back; to flow back, as a consequence or effect; to conduce; to contribute; to result.
 verb (v. i.) To be in excess; to remain over and above; to be redundant; to overflow.

reduvidnoun (n.) Any hemipterous insect of the genus Redivius, or family Reduvidae. They live by sucking the blood of other insects, and some species also attack man.

redweednoun (n.) The red poppy (Papaver Rhoeas).

redwoodnoun (n.) A gigantic coniferous tree (Sequoia sempervirens) of California, and its light and durable reddish timber. See Sequoia.
 noun (n.) An East Indian dyewood, obtained from Pterocarpus santalinus, Caesalpinia Sappan, and several other trees.

reednoun (v. & n.) Same as Rede.
 noun (n.) The fourth stomach of a ruminant; rennet.
 noun (n.) A name given to many tall and coarse grasses or grasslike plants, and their slender, often jointed, stems, such as the various kinds of bamboo, and especially the common reed of Europe and North America (Phragmites communis).
 noun (n.) A musical instrument made of the hollow joint of some plant; a rustic or pastoral pipe.
 noun (n.) An arrow, as made of a reed.
 noun (n.) Straw prepared for thatching a roof.
 noun (n.) A small piece of cane or wood attached to the mouthpiece of certain instruments, and set in vibration by the breath. In the clarinet it is a single fiat reed; in the oboe and bassoon it is double, forming a compressed tube.
 noun (n.) One of the thin pieces of metal, the vibration of which produce the tones of a melodeon, accordeon, harmonium, or seraphine; also attached to certain sets or registers of pipes in an organ.
 noun (n.) A frame having parallel flat stripe of metal or reed, between which the warp threads pass, set in the swinging lathe or batten of a loom for beating up the weft; a sley. See Batten.
 noun (n.) A tube containing the train of powder for igniting the charge in blasting.
 noun (n.) Same as Reeding.
 adjective (a.) Red.

reedbirdnoun (n.) The bobolink.
 noun (n.) One of several small Asiatic singing birds of the genera Sch/nicola and Eurycercus; -- called also reed babbler.

reededadjective (a.) Civered with reeds; reedy.
 adjective (a.) Formed with channels and ridges like reeds.

reezedadjective (a.) Grown rank; rancid; rusty.

refinedadjective (a.) Freed from impurities or alloy; purifed; polished; cultured; delicate; as; refined gold; refined language; refined sentiments.
  (imp. & p. p.) of Refine

reflectedadjective (a.) Thrown back after striking a surface; as, reflected light, heat, sound, etc.
 adjective (a.) Hence: Not one's own; received from another; as, his glory was reflected glory.
 adjective (a.) Bent backward or outward; reflexed.
  (imp. & p. p.) of Reflect

reflexedadjective (a.) Bent backward or outward.

reformedadjective (a.) Corrected; amended; restored to purity or excellence; said, specifically, of the whole body of Protestant churches originating in the Reformation. Also, in a more restricted sense, of those who separated from Luther on the doctrine of consubstantiation, etc., and carried the Reformation, as they claimed, to a higher point. The Protestant churches founded by them in Switzerland, France, Holland, and part of Germany, were called the Reformed churches.
 adjective (a.) Amended in character and life; as, a reformed gambler or drunkard.
 adjective (a.) Retained in service on half or full pay after the disbandment of the company or troop; -- said of an officer.

refractedadjective (a.) Bent backward angularly, as if half-broken; as, a refracted stem or leaf.
 adjective (a.) Turned from a direct course by refraction; as, refracted rays of light.
  (imp. & p. p.) of Refract

reichsstandnoun (n.) A free city of the former German empire.

relatedadjective (p. p. & a.) Allied by kindred; connected by blood or alliance, particularly by consanguinity; as, persons related in the first or second degree.
 adjective (p. p. & a.) Standing in relation or connection; as, the electric and magnetic forcec are closely related.
 adjective (p. p. & a.) Narrated; told.
 adjective (p. p. & a.) Same as Relative, 4.
  (imp. & p. p.) of Relate

relictedadjective (a.) Left uncovered, as land by recession of water.

remandnoun (n.) The act of remanding; the order for recommitment.
 verb (v. t.) To recommit; to send back.

remipednoun (n.) An animal having limbs like oars, especially one of certain crustaceans.
 noun (n.) One of a group of aquatic beetles having tarsi adapted for swimming. See Water beetle.
 adjective (a.) Having feet or legs that are used as oars; -- said of certain crustaceans and insects.

remouladnoun (n.) A kind of piquant sauce or salad dressing resembling mayonnaise.

remorsedadjective (a.) Feeling remorse.

removedadjective (a.) Changed in place.
 adjective (a.) Dismissed from office.
 adjective (a.) Distant in location; remote.
 adjective (a.) Distant by degrees in relationship; as, a cousin once removed.
  (imp. & p. p.) of Remove

renardnoun (n.) A fox; -- so called in fables or familiar tales, and in poetry.

rennetedadjective (a.) Provided or treated with rennet.

renowmedadjective (a.) Renowned.

renownedadjective (a.) Famous; celebrated for great achievements, for distinguished qualities, or for grandeur; eminent; as, a renowned king.

repandadjective (a.) Having a slightly undulating margin; -- said of leaves.

repetendnoun (n.) That part of a circulating decimal which recurs continually, ad infinitum: -- sometimes indicated by a dot over the first and last figures; thus, in the circulating decimal .728328328 + (otherwise .7/8/), the repetend is 283.

replicatedadjective (a.) Folded over or backward; folded back upon itself; as, a replicate leaf or petal; a replicate margin of a shell.

reposedadjective (a.) Composed; calm; tranquil; at rest.
  (imp. & p. p.) of Repose

reprimandnoun (n.) Severe or formal reproof; reprehension, private or public.
 noun (n.) To reprove severely; to reprehend; to chide for a fault; to consure formally.
 noun (n.) To reprove publicly and officially, in execution of a sentence; as, the court ordered him to be reprimanded.

rerewardnoun (n.) The rear guard of an army.

reservedadjective (a.) Kept for future or special use, or for an exigency; as, reserved troops; a reserved seat in a theater.
 adjective (a.) Restrained from freedom in words or actions; backward, or cautious, in communicating one's thoughts and feelings; not free or frank.
  (imp. & p. p.) of Reserve

resignedadjective (a.) Submissive; yielding; not disposed to resist or murmur.
  (imp. & p. p.) of Resign

resinoidadjective (a.) Somewhat like resin.

resolvedadjective (p. p. & a.) Having a fixed purpose; determined; resolute; -- usually placed after its noun; as, a man resolved to be rich.
  (imp. & p. p.) of Resolve

resoundnoun (n.) Return of sound; echo.
 verb (v. i.) To sound loudly; as, his voice resounded far.
 verb (v. i.) To be filled with sound; to ring; as, the woods resound with song.
 verb (v. i.) To be echoed; to be sent back, as sound.
 verb (v. i.) To be mentioned much and loudly.
 verb (v. i.) To echo or reverberate; to be resonant; as, the earth resounded with his praise.
 verb (v. t.) To throw back, or return, the sound of; to echo; to reverberate.
 verb (v. t.) To praise or celebrate with the voice, or the sound of instruments; to extol with sounds; to spread the fame of.

respondnoun (n.) An answer; a response.
 noun (n.) A short anthem sung at intervals during the reading of a chapter.
 noun (n.) A half pier or pillar attached to a wall to support an arch.
 verb (v. i.) To say somethin in return; to answer; to reply; as, to respond to a question or an argument.
 verb (v. i.) To show some effect in return to a force; to act in response; to accord; to correspond; to suit.
 verb (v. i.) To render satisfaction; to be answerable; as, the defendant is held to respond in damages.
 verb (v. t.) To answer; to reply.
 verb (v. t.) To suit or accord with; to correspond to.

resupinatedadjective (a.) Resupinate.

retardnoun (n.) Retardation; delay.
 verb (v. t.) To keep delaying; to continue to hinder; to prevent from progress; to render more slow in progress; to impede; to hinder; as, to retard the march of an army; to retard the motion of a ship; -- opposed to accelerate.
 verb (v. t.) To put off; to postpone; as, to retard the attacks of old age; to retard a rupture between nations.
 verb (v. i.) To stay back.

reticulatedadjective (a.) Resembling network; having the form or appearance of a net; netted; as, a reticulated structure.
 adjective (a.) Having veins, fibers, or lines crossing like the threads or fibers of a network; as, a reticulate leaf; a reticulated surface; a reticulated wing of an insect.

retinervedadjective (a.) Having reticulated veins.

retinoidadjective (a.) Resinlike, or resinform; resembling a resin without being such.

retipednoun (n.) A bird having small polygonal scales covering the tarsi.

retiredadjective (a.) Private; secluded; quiet; as, a retired life; a person of retired habits.
 adjective (a.) Withdrawn from active duty or business; as, a retired officer; a retired physician.
  (imp. & p. p.) of Retire

retroflexedadjective (a.) Reflexed; bent or turned abruptly backward.

retrofractedadjective (a.) Refracted; as, a retrofract stem.

retrovertedadjective (a.) In a state of retroversion.
  (imp. & p. p.) of Retrovert

reverendadjective (a.) Worthy of reverence; entitled to respect mingled with fear and affection; venerable.

reversedadjective (a.) Turned side for side, or end for end; changed to the contrary; specifically (Bot. & Zool.), sinistrorse or sinistral; as, a reversed, or sinistral, spiral or shell.
 adjective (a.) Annulled and the contrary substituted; as, a reversed judgment or decree.
  (imp. & p. p.) of Reverse

revertedadjective (a.) Turned back; reversed. Specifically: (Her.) Bent or curved twice, in opposite directions, or in the form of an S.
  (imp. & p. p.) of Revert

rewardnoun (n.) Regard; respect; consideration.
 noun (n.) That which is given in return for good or evil done or received; esp., that which is offered or given in return for some service or attainment, as for excellence in studies, for the return of something lost, etc.; recompense; requital.
 noun (n.) Hence, the fruit of one's labor or works.
 noun (n.) Compensation or remuneration for services; a sum of money paid or taken for doing, or forbearing to do, some act.
 verb (v. t.) To give in return, whether good or evil; -- commonly in a good sense; to requite; to recompense; to repay; to compensate.

reynardnoun (n.) An appelation applied after the manner of a proper name to the fox. Same as Renard.

rheochordnoun (n.) A metallic wire used for regulating the resistance of a circuit, or varying the strength of an electric current, by inserting a greater or less length of it in the circuit.

rheumatismoidadjective (a.) Of or resembling rheum or rheumatism.

rhinolophidnoun (n.) Any species of the genus Rhinilophus, or family Rhinolophidae, having a horseshoe-shaped nasal crest; a horseshoe bat.

rhizoidnoun (n.) A rootlike appendage.

rhizopodnoun (n.) One of the Rhizopoda.

rhomboganoidnoun (n.) A ganoid fish having rhombic enameled scales; one of the Rhomboganoidei.

rhomboidnoun (n.) An oblique-angled parallelogram like a rhomb, but having only the opposite sides equal, the length and with being different.
 adjective (a.) Same as Rhomboidal.

ribaldnoun (n./) A low, vulgar, brutal, foul-mouthed wretch; a lewd fellow.
 adjective (a.) Low; base; mean; filthy; obscene.

ribandnoun (n.) See Ribbon.
 noun (n.) See Rib-band.